Cheap VHF Antenna? Can Do!
The magnetic loop antenna is a familiar sight in radio amateur circles as a means to pack a high performance HF antenna into a small space. It takes the form …read more Continue reading Cheap VHF Antenna? Can Do!
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Radio Apocalypse: Survivable Low-Frequency Communication System
In the global game of nuclear brinksmanship, secrets are the coin of the realm. This was especially true during the Cold War, when each side fielded armies of spies to …read more Continue reading Radio Apocalypse: Survivable Low-Frequency Communication System
Hack halts Dutch broadcaster, forcing radio hosts back to LPs
A Dutch TV and radio broadcaster has found itself at the mercy of cybercriminals after suffering a cyber attack, and leaving it scrambling to find ways to play music to its listeners.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hack halts Dutch broadcaster, forcing radio hosts back to LPs
The Singing Dentures Of Manchester And Other Places
Any radio amateur will tell you about the spectre of TVI, of their transmissions being inadvertently demodulated by the smallest of non-linearity in the neighbouring antenna systems, and spewing forth …read more Continue reading The Singing Dentures Of Manchester And Other Places
Smart Bulbs Are Turning Into Motion Sensors
If you’ve got an existing smart home rig, motion sensors can be a useful addition to your setup. You can use them for all kinds of things, from turning on …read more Continue reading Smart Bulbs Are Turning Into Motion Sensors
Building A Ham Radio Data Transceiver On The Cheap
Once upon a time, ham radio was all about CW and voice transmissions and little else. These days, the hobby is altogether richer, with a wide range of fancy digital …read more Continue reading Building A Ham Radio Data Transceiver On The Cheap
Hard Hat Becomes Bluetooth Direction Finder
Have you ever wanted to find a Bluetooth device out in the wild while looking like the comic relief character from a science-fiction series? You might like Dendrite, the direction-finding …read more Continue reading Hard Hat Becomes Bluetooth Direction Finder
A Ham-Adjacent Portable Radio Repeater
Although ham radio offers a wide array of bands to transmit on, not to mention plenty of modes to communicate with, not everyone wants or needs to use all of …read more Continue reading A Ham-Adjacent Portable Radio Repeater
Hackaday Links: September 21, 2025
Remember AOL? For a lot of folks, America Online was their first ISP, the place where they got their first exposure to the Internet, or at least a highly curated …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 21, 2025
Give Your Band The Music Of The Bands
The way to get into radio, and thence electronics, in the middle years of the last century, was to fire up a shortwave receiver and tune across the bands. In …read more Continue reading Give Your Band The Music Of The Bands